Remember that Web 2.0 assignment I mentioned doing for work? The one where we had to create a fakety fake blog? Well, everyone who finished the assignment got to go to a pizza party today. I didn’t go, because spending my break time socializing with coworkers is not exactly my idea of a reward. Not that I dislike my coworkers or anything, but I’d rather not spend my time at staff parties because they–staff parties–make me cranky.
Anyway, I guess they did a brief Power Point demonstration with shots from everyone’s fakety fake blogs. One of the shots contained a still of a YouTube video of someone’s kid. The folks who did the presentation sent a follow-up e-mail later this afternoon, with a link to the actual video, suggesting that we might need “an afternoon laugh.”
I made the mistake of watching it. Since it was ostensibly work related (and humorous!), I figured it ought to be pretty benign, right? Oh my. The video was of a kid crying and whining about having to eat a green bean. And then he vomits. And then the dad says, “Oh shit!”
WTF?!!!
On the other hand, it may be the best illustration I’ve seen of why kids shouldn’t be forced to eat things they’re vehemently opposed to. I mean, really, what the hell was accomplished by trying to make the kid eat a green bean? And is that a hill you want to die on?
red paper boat 